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Despite his near $1 million investment in the Senate GOP during last year’s election cycle, Mayor Bloomberg isn’t finding much support from Majority Leader Dean Skelos for one of his long-standing signature projects: Congestion pricing. The DN’s Adam Lisberg reported NYC pols are quietly revisiting the idea of charging motorists to drive into Manhattan as …

The Senate Republicans have elevated Sen. George Maziarz, a veteran Western NY lawmaker, to the post of vice president pro tempore – the third highest ranking leadership position in the chamber. In this new role, (first reported by the Buffalo News last night and then formally announced by Maziarz via press release), Maziarz will, in …

Senator George Maziarz, a Niagara County Republicans, announced he was given the third-ranking position in the Senate Republican conference. His appointment as vice president pro tempore comes with a …

After a contentious two hour Senate rules committee meeting in which Democrats said Republicans were trying to usurp the Lt. Gov’s ability to break a tie when choosing the senate president, but which …

The plot thickens: A Senate GOP source informs us that breakaway Democrats Jeff Klein, Diane Savino and David Valesky will be named chairs of, respectively, the newly created Alcoholism and Drug Abuse …